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GCFDA 2009 Disc Golf Review by President Dave Marlow &#160; The 2009 disc golf year in the GCFDA area was an active one.&#160;There were 12 different tournaments during the year, of which 6 were PDGA sanctioned. There were a number of weekly ace fund and doubles events, leagues, the GCFDA Course Challenge Series, the High School Championships and World’s Biggest Day.&#160;The following is a summary of the disc golf happenings for 2009. &#160; &#160; Tournaments &#160; ·&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The annual New Years Day tournament was held at Winton Woods.&#160;There were a total of 87 participants and Dan Bayless and Liz Shooner were TDs. &#160; ·&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Ice Bowl Krazy Series was three tournaments held on January 10th at Mt. Airy, January 24th at Banklick, and February 7th at Idlewild. Dan Bayless was the TD.&#160;$2950 in donations was raised for the Fairhaven Rescue Mission. &#160; ·&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Harbin Rat Classic was held March 15th at Harbin Park.&#160;This was an amateur only tournament which had 73 participants.&#160;Nick Engle was the TD.&#160;This was a B-Tier PDGA sanctioned event. &#160; ·&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Kentucky State Singles was held April 11th at Idlewild.&#160;The were 72 participants.&#160;Fred Salaz and Kevin Brashear were TDs.&#160;This was a Pro Am C-Tier PDGA sanctioned event. &#160; ·&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Disc ’n Dat Bluegrass Open was held June 6th and 7th at Banklick Woods (now Lincoln Ridge) and Idlewild and was the 10th year for this tournament.&#160;There were 134 participants and for the 10th year Dan Bayless was the TD.&#160;This was a Pro Am A-Tier PDGA sanctioned event. &#160; ·&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Deuce or Die was held August 1st at Monroe.&#160;This was a doubles tournament and there were 96 participants.&#160;Nick Engle was the TD. &#160; ·&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Sumac Attack was held August 29th at Monroe.&#160;There were 66 participants and Holly Williams was the TD.&#160;This was a Pro Am C-Tier PDGA sanctioned event. &#160; ·&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Kentucky State Doubles was held September 26th at Idlewild.&#160;There were 71 participants, Fred Salaz was the TD and this was a Pro Am C-Tier event. &#160; ·&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 10th Annual Flying Pig Open was held October 17th and 18th at Harbin Park and Mt. Airy Forest.&#160;There were a total of 51 participants, Brad Anderson was the TD and this was a Pro Am B-Tier PDGA sanctioned event. &#160; ·&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; A Mixed Doubles tournament was held November 1st at Monroe.&#160;There were 44 participants.&#160;Liz Shooner was the TD. &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; Weekly Activities &#160; ·&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Ace Fund on Tuesday at Mt. Airy&#160;&#160; Fred Salaz TD ·&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Doubles on Wednesday at Banklick&#160;&#160; Jeff Eades TD ·&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Doubles on Wednesday at Monroe&#160;&#160; Ken Donathon TD ·&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Ace Fund on Thursday at Turtlecreek&#160;&#160; Dan Hollingshead TD ·&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Bag Tag on Thursday at Mt. Airy&#160;&#160; Ben Shooner TD ·&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Doubles on Saturday at Mt. Airy&#160;&#160; Fred Salaz TD &#160; Leagues – Handicap team format leagues were held this spring, summer, and fall.&#160;Spring and summer met on Wednesday night and fall met Sunday morning. &#160; ·&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Spring leagues went from March 18th through May 27th.&#160;There were 20 participants.&#160;Dave Wright was the league’s director. ·&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Summer leagues went from June 3rd through September 2nd.&#160;There were 28 participants.&#160;Dave Wright was league’s director. ·&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Fall leagues went from September 27th through November 15th.&#160;There were 8 participants.&#160;Dave Marlow was league’s director. &#160; GCFDA Course Challenge Series – The GCFDA Course Challenge Series was held as usual one Saturday a month March through November.&#160;For the first time in 11 years a temporary course was set up at Rapid Run Park.&#160;Two of the tournaments were run in conjunction with the Dayton Disc Golf Club, Oxford and Monroe.&#160;The largest number of participants for a tournament was 95 at Oxford, the smallest was 64 at Turtlecreek, and the average number of participants was 81. &#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Date Tournament Site Number of Participants Tournament Directors 14-Mar Harbin 89 Brad Anderson and Mike Kemner 25-Apr A.J. Jolly 81 Alan Clore 30-May Oxford 95 Alan Clore, Brad Anderson and Mike Kemner 27-Jun Monroe 85 Dayton 18-Jul Idlewild 76 Lee Stephens and Eric Simpson 15-Aug Rapid Run 82 Dan Bayless, Jeff Eades, Tony Vincent, and Liz Shooner 12-Sep Turtlecreek 64 Brad Anderson and Mike Kemner 3-Oct Mt. Airy 77 Fred Salaz 14-Nov Banklick 80 Dan Bayless and Jeff Eades &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;DAMarlowThu, 14 Jan 2010 16:07:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:13